Andreas Dresen
German film director
Andreas Dresen
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Dresen at the
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16 August 1963
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Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1989–present |
Andreas Dresen (born 16 August 1963) is a German film director. His directing credits include Cloud 9 , Summer in Berlin , Grill Point and Night Shapes . His film Stopped on Track premiered at the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , [1] [2] where it won the Prize of Un Certain Regard. [3] Dresen is known for his realistic style, which gives his films a semi-documentary feel. He works very teamoriented and heavily uses improvisation. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . [4]
Early life and education
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Dresen was born in Gera . From 1984-85 Dresen worked as a sound engineer for the Schwerin Theatre. From 1984-1986 he was a trainee at East Germany's DEFA Studio for Feature Films as an assistant director to Günter Reisch. Between 1989-91 he studied directing at the Konrad Wolf College of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg and was a Master student in Günter Reisch's class at the Berlin Art Academy. [5]
Career
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Starting in 1985, Dresen directed several short films, documentaries, and films for television, and wrote screenplays. [5]
Filmography
- 1990: Shortcut to Istanbul [ de ] (TV film) — (based on a story by Jurek Becker )
- 1992: Silent Country [ de ]
- 1994: Mein unbekannter Ehemann (TV film)
- 1994: Das andere Leben des Herrn Kreins (TV film) — (based on the play The Professional by Dušan Kovačević )
- 1996: Polizeiruf 110 : Der Tausch (TV series episode)
- 1997: Changing Skins [ de ] (TV film)
- 1999: Nightshapes
- 2000: Policewoman [ de ] (TV film) — (based on a novel by Annegret Held [ de ] )
- 2002: Grill Point ( Halbe Treppe )
- 2005: Willenbrock [ de ] — (based on a novel by Christoph Hein )
- 2005: Summer in Berlin — (screenplay by Wolfgang Kohlhaase )
- 2008: Cloud 9
- 2009: Whiskey with Vodka [ de ] — (screenplay by Wolfgang Kohlhaase )
- 2011: Stopped on Track
- 2015: As We Were Dreaming — (based on a novel by Clemens Meyer )
- 2017: Timm Thaler oder Das verkaufte Lachen [ de ] — (based on the novel Timm Thaler by James Krüss )
- 2018: Gundermann
- 2022: Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Documentaries
- 1989: Jenseits von Klein Wanzleben
- 1994: Kuckuckskinder
- 2003: Denk ich an Deutschland … [ de ] – Herr Wichmann von der CDU [ de ]
- 2010: 20 x Brandenburg (TV)
- 2012: Herr Wichmann aus der dritten Reihe
Awards
German Awards
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- German Film Critics Association Awards
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- o 1999: Best feature film for Night Shapes
- o 2003: Best feature film for Grill Point
- Bavarian Film Award
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- o 2003: Director's Award for Grill Point
- o 2006: Director's Award for Summer in Berlin
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- Hessian Film Award
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- o 1992: for Stilles Land
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- Grimme-Award
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- o 2001: Adolf-Grimme-Award in Gold for Policewoman
- o 2011: Grimme-Award, Section Information and Kultur, for the artistic direction of 20 x Brandenburg
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- Fernsehfilm-Festival Baden-Baden
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- o 2000: Hauptpreis für Policewoman
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- German Film Award
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- o 1999: Nominated for the Film Award in Gold for Extraordinary Achievements in Directing for Night Shapes
- o 2002: Film Award in Silber for Grill Point
- o 2002: Nominated for the Film Award for Extraordinary Achievements in Directing for Grill Point
- o 2009: Best Director for Cloud 9
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- German Television Award
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- o 2001: Award for best Director for Policewoman
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- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney
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- o 1999: Nominated for the Film Award for Night Shapes
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- 1992: German Film Critics Award
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- 2007: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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- 2011: Douglas-Sirk-Award of the Filmfest Hamburg
International Awards
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- International Children's and Youth Filmfestival
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- o 1998: Lucas for the age group 12- and 13 for Changing Skins
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- Max-Ophüls-Award
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- o 1995: Sponsorship Award for Feature Film for Mein unbekannter Ehemann
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- International Filmfestival Berlin
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- o 1999: Nominated for the Golden Bear for Night Shapes
- o 2002: Silver Bear of the jury for Grill Point
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- Montréal Film Festival
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- o 2000: Nominated for the Grand Prix for Policewoman
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- International Filmfestival Flandern
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- o 2002: Silver Spur for Grill Point
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- Chicago International Film Festival
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- o 2002: Silver Hugo – Best Director for Grill Point
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- European Film Award
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- o 2002: Nominated for Best Director for Grill Point
- o 2008: Nominated for Best Director for Cloud 9
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- International Film Festival of Cannes
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- o 2008: Coup de coeur du jury for Grill Point
- o 2011: Prix Un Certain Regard for Stopped on Track
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- International Filmfestival Karlovy Vary
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- o 2009: Best Director for Whiskey with Vodka
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection" . Cannes . Archived from the original on 15 May 2011 . Retrieved 16 April 2011 .
- ↑ "Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup" . guardian.co.uk . London. 14 April 2011 . Retrieved 16 April 2011 .
- ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (21 May 2011). "Un Certain Regard Announces Top Prizes (Cannes 2011)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 22 May 2011 . Retrieved 21 May 2011 .
- ↑ "The International Jury 2013" . Berlinale . 28 January 2013 . Retrieved 28 January 2013 .
- 1 2 "Andreas Dresen - Rotten Tomatoes" . www.rottentomatoes.com . n.d . Retrieved 17 November 2019 .
External links
- Andreas Dresen at IMDb
- Interview with Andreas Dresen by Ulrich Bach & Enrique Gonzales-Conti
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